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ORGANIZATIONS FOCUSING ON
CHILDREN, ADOLESCENTS, & FAMILIES |
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Center for Effective Collaboration
and Practice |
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The Center offers a broad array of
information, reports and publications addressing children’s mental
health, with a particular emphasis on the systems of care model.
Web address:
http://www.air.org/cecp/ |
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Columbia University TeenScreen
Program |
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The Carmel Hill Center at Columbia
University operates the TeenScreen® Program and the Positive Action
for Teen Health (PATH) initiative. The TeenScreen program creates
partnerships with communities across the nation to implement
early-identification programs for suicide and mental illness in youth.
The program staff includes mental health, public policy, and training
experts that are available to help schools, mental health
professionals, parents, community groups, and policymakers to raise
awareness about the problem of youth depression and suicide risk, the
benefits of mental health screening, and to help implement screening
programs.
Web address:
www.teenscreen.org |
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Juvenile Bipolar Research
Foundation |
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Foundation to support expanded research
of early onset bipolar disorder. Information for parents and
professionals.
Web address:
www.bpchildresearch.org |
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Multisystemic Therapy (MST) |
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Multisystemic therapy is an innovative
method for delivering mental health and substance abuse services to
children and their families. MST is an intensive family- and
community-based treatment that addresses the multiple determinants of
behavior in youth. The multisystemic approach views individuals as
being nested within a complex network of interconnected systems that
encompass individual, family, and extrafamilial (peer, school,
neighborhood) factors. It is increasingly being recognized as an
evidence-based best-practice approach to treatment for youth with
mental illnesses and substance use disorders.
Web address:
www.mstservices.com |
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